Looking at the wall before he knocks the bricks out it's painfully clear the whole front façade wall is unstable. Look at the size of those cracks, and the part he's knocking seems to be exerting enough pressure to be keeping it up, so when he knocks it out the whole thing comes out. Seems rather stupid. But you can also see from the state of it that that building was coming down one way or another. I wonder if it was allowed to reach a poor state so it might be condemned or collapse, thus bypassing any rules about keeping a home of historical value in good repair. Now the owner could build a nicer home for less than the repairs would have cost.

For those doing the criticism of the headline of this perhaps it is you who has the cluelessness. You see in the professional circuit of the Jenga gaming the opposing individual must yell "Zenga!" as the structure does the falling or they do not do the winning of this. Perhaps in the next time you wish for judgment you will do the walking in the shoes of the submitter of this. Yes those are the shoes which are notably well worn because like most of you the submitter of this is the bigger person but they are nonethelessons the shoes which the charming.

My uncle was rehabbing a house with a old brick chimney that ran from the basement up through the roof. They wanted to remove the chimney, so they went down to the basement and took just a few swings at the base. There was a rumble, and the entire chimney dropped straight down on itself. Luckily no one was hurt.

This what happens when just another brick in the wall decides it doesn't want to be "Just" another brick in wall and leaves, Kommerad. It is very good metaphor for Communism, eh? We all must do our part for Mother Russia, or we crumble like wall.

Slaxl:Looking at the wall before he knocks the bricks out it's painfully clear the whole front façade wall is unstable. Look at the size of those cracks, and the part he's knocking seems to be exerting enough pressure to be keeping it up, so when he knocks it out the whole thing comes out. Seems rather stupid. But you can also see from the state of it that that building was coming down one way or another. I wonder if it was allowed to reach a poor state so it might be condemned or collapse, thus bypassing any rules about keeping a home of historical value in good repair. Now the owner could build a nicer home for less than the repairs would have cost.

After seeing how it collapses, that is, falling to the left when I had expected it to be falling onto the street, the signs are all there to have predicted it from the beginning, I suppose. Especially how that horizontal concrete beam, or floor or whatever it is has broken and shows the whole structure is leaning over.

Early 19th century mill. A letter from the building inspector, posted at the site, cautions that "the east facing wall is virtually unsupported from its base to the top of the wall." The west facing wall, shown here, is "supported" at one corner by the north facing wall, such as it is. Yet, it stands.

Slaxl:Looking at the wall before he knocks the bricks out it's painfully clear the whole front façade wall is unstable. Look at the size of those cracks, and the part he's knocking seems to be exerting enough pressure to be keeping it up, so when he knocks it out the whole thing comes out.

People can't resist the urge to poke. CSB: years ago I was dating a girl (not that it hasn't happened since, but I need that setup for the story) and we were driving on a Hoboken backstreet. Someone heaved a brick into her car's hatchback; there was a *CRUNCH* and all the glass cracked into tiny pieces but didn't shatter... just held there, the brick halfway through. Anyway, we went to a police station to file a report for insurance, and the cop came out to look at it. Now, there was absolutely nothing to be gained by touching it. You could SEE what happened plainly. But no: he leans in, slowly inches his finger towards it... you see where this is going, right? And you don't really want to correct a cop who you need to write a report for insurance. So I let him and sure enough he touches the damn thing, pokes his frikkin' finger right through it, and the whole damn window shatters and falls-- into the car.

We had to spend $10 and a half-hour at the gas station using their vacuum to get the pieces out, instead of just spreading a blanket under the window and then letting the pieces fall in.

brimed03:Slaxl: Looking at the wall before he knocks the bricks out it's painfully clear the whole front façade wall is unstable. Look at the size of those cracks, and the part he's knocking seems to be exerting enough pressure to be keeping it up, so when he knocks it out the whole thing comes out.

People can't resist the urge to poke. CSB: years ago I was dating a girl (not that it hasn't happened since, but I need that setup for the story) and we were driving on a Hoboken backstreet. Someone heaved a brick into her car's hatchback; there was a *CRUNCH* and all the glass cracked into tiny pieces but didn't shatter... just held there, the brick halfway through. Anyway, we went to a police station to file a report for insurance, and the cop came out to look at it. Now, there was absolutely nothing to be gained by touching it. You could SEE what happened plainly. But no: he leans in, slowly inches his finger towards it... you see where this is going, right? And you don't really want to correct a cop who you need to write a report for insurance. So I let him and sure enough he touches the damn thing, pokes his frikkin' finger right through it, and the whole damn window shatters and falls-- into the car.

We had to spend $10 and a half-hour at the gas station using their vacuum to get the pieces out, instead of just spreading a blanket under the window and then letting the pieces fall in.